We want the light / a co-production of Allegro Films, WDR, BBC, NCRV ; an Allegro film with the support of the Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; written and produced by Christopher Nupen ; [DVD producer, Ferenc van Damme].
Publisher:
Opus Arte,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
2 videodiscs (60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Tom Wesel, narrator ; The Gürzenich Orchestra, The Cologne Opera Chorus, The Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor ; The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor. Film portion originally produced for television broadcast in 2003. Title from a poem by Theresienstadt inmate Eva Pickova; poem is also the basis for Waxman's Song of Terezin. Picture format 16:9 anamorphic, widescreen. Booklet with program notes in English, French, and German (23 pages : col. illustrations), inserted in container. Special features include an introduction by Christopher Nupen and additional interviews.
Summary:
A film about freedom and captivity, the roles played by Moses and Felix Mendelssohn in the dream of integration of the Jews into German society after liberation, Richard Wagner's essay Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jews in music) and his influence on the Third Reich, and the importance of music in dire circumstances.
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